And in typical fashion, Barton couldn’t just do a straightforward ice bucket challenge like so many other sports stars have this week.

After tweeting the two people who nominated him, QPR vice-chairman Amit Bhatia and former team-mate Bradley Orr, for permission, the former Manchester City man decided to jump into an ice bath instead of taking a bucket over the head.

Barton claims in the video that he will go ‘head first’ into the ice bath, but he actually just climbs in feet first before nominating former Newcastle team-mate Steve Harper, golfer Lee Westwood and Piers Morgan, who has also been nominated by Coleen Rooney and Cheryl Cole.

Bhatia later tweeted Barton saying ‘NO WAY IN HELL!!’ to the 31-year-old’s earlier request for permission so now he will take on the challenge again, on Friday, using a proper bucket.